The Austin Symphony Orchestra will kick off their seventh season of "Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park" this Sunday, May 31 at 7:30pm. The free, hour-long concert series runs Sunday evenings throughout the summer (until August 23). You are invited to bring a blanket, lawn chair and a picnic to Hartman Concert Park at the Long Center [directions]. The ASO's Large String Ensemble's show this weekend will focus on Classical music; there is a good mix of ensembles and music genres in the summer schedule. [Austin Symphony Orchestra]

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It's a shame it got moved from Woolridge Square; that was a really nice venue for these shows, and the parking for the drivers was free.
Isn't charging for/limiting parking a good thing because it encourages use of mass transit or alternative (bike/ped) transport? Thought that was the theory behind the plan to charge people to drive downtown. How is this different?
1. What plan to charge people to drive downtown?
2. By the transit metric, Woolridge Square is better, too; but, honestly, taking the bus somewhere on a Sunday evening is kind of difficult due to the long headways.